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Webster 1913 Edition
Miscreant
Mis′cre-ant
,Noun.
[OF.
mescreant
, F. mécréant
; pref. mes-
(L. minus
less) + p. pr. fr. L. credere
to believe. See Creed
.] 1.
One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever.
[Obs.]
Spenser. De Quincey.
Thou oughtest not to be slothful to the destruction of the
miscreants
, but to constrain them to obey our Lord God. Rivers.
Mis′cre-ant
,Adj.
1.
Holding a false religious faith.
Webster 1828 Edition
Miscreant
MIS'CREANT
,Noun.
1.
An infidel, or one who embraces a false faith.2.
A vile wretch; an unprincipled fellow.